Hi all, I was able to test a PHP cartridge and an LB cartridge successfully on vCloud!
I will document the steps to create the cartridges and will share soon. Thanks! Best Regards, On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Isuru Perera <isu...@wso2.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I committed all changes did for using a customization script to pass > payloads to VMs. > > Please note that I used the property name "shellType", not the > "shell_type" as discussed. > > Now when spawning an instance for vCloud, the relevant script file is read > and the "PAYLOAD" string will be replaced by the actual payload being > passed. > > For example: > repository/conf/scripts/*sh*/*customization* > > #!/bin/sh > mkdir -p /tmp/payload > echo "PAYLOAD" > /tmp/payload/launch-params > /root/bin/init-vcloud.sh > > Note that I call the init-vcloud.sh script from the customization script > itself, unlike in EC2/OpenStack where we execute the init script from > /etc/rc.local. > > The reason for this is that we need to make sure the init is executed only > after the payload values were written to the temp file. > > I'm working on testing some cartridges on vCloud now. > > Thanks! > > Best Regards, > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 10:40 AM, Isuru Perera <isu...@wso2.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I'm going put these scripts into repository/conf and the "customization" >> script will be under a specific shell_type directory. >> >> The name "customization" will be a constant. >> >> For example, for "sh" >> >> repository/conf/scripts/*sh*/*customization* >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 7:01 PM, Isuru Perera <isu...@wso2.com> wrote: >> >>> An update on my effort: >>> >>> I was trying to get the customization script working on vCloud and it >>> was not working. >>> >>> I just figured out the issue. >>> >>> The script on Ubuntu is invoked via "sh" and I was trying the following >>> sample script to test. >>> >>> #!/bin/bash >>> echo $1 >>> mkdir /root/isurutest >>> if [ x$1 == x"precustomization" ]; then >>> echo "Do Precustomization tasks " `date` > pretasks >>> elif [ x$1 == x"postcustomization" ]; then >>> echo "Do Postcustomization tasks " `date` > posttasks >>> fi >>> >>> So this script gives an error. >>> >>> precustomization >>> /root/.customization/customize.sh: 4: [: xprecustomization: unexpected >>> operator >>> /root/.customization/customize.sh: 6: [: xprecustomization: unexpected >>> operator >>> >>> The customization script log can be found at >>> /var/log/vmware-imc/customization.log >>> >>> The script is saved at /root/.customization/customize.sh >>> >>> I should make sure that the script is working with "sh". >>> >>> Also the script will not be updated even if we change it from VMware >>> vCloud Director interface. I hope this won't be a problem when spawning the >>> instance via jclouds. >>> >>> Now that I found out how customization script works, I will go ahead do >>> the code changes. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Isuru Perera <isu...@wso2.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Shaheed, >>>> >>>> Thanks for the suggestion. >>>> >>>> The plan is to use the customization script and send the payload to >>>> vCloud VM. Then we plan to configure the base image to read those payload >>>> and run puppet agent etc. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Shaheed Haque <shahh...@cisco.com>wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Please ensure that Python2 and Python3 are possible options! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> (If nothing else, we probably want to encourage people towards these >>>>> higher layers rather than bash/cmd/etc.) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday 13 March 2014 11:28:36 Isuru Perera wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Planning to implement following solution. >>>>> >>>>> 1. Define "shell_type" as a property in Cartridge Definition. Possible >>>>> values can be "bash", "sh", "cmd", etc. >>>>> >>>>> 2. Dynamically create a customization script based on "shell_type" in >>>>> vCloud IaaS implementation. >>>>> >>>>> I will try to implement this in an extensible way (without code >>>>> modifications) for any shell_type. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> Best Regards, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Isuru Perera <isu...@wso2.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Thanks Udara for the information. >>>>> >>>>> So, it seems we have to go ahead with the use of customization script >>>>> in vCloud. >>>>> >>>>> Next problem is that the script is dependent on the target Cartridge >>>>> OS. >>>>> >>>>> Please let me know if you have any suggestions to solve this problem. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 7:44 AM, Udara Liyanage <ud...@wso2.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> AFIR the metadata is read by a init script inside the instance, not >>>>> the cartridge agent. >>>>> In EC2 and Openstack we can pass the user data using jclouds API. >>>>> However it can not be done in VCloud scenario. In VCloud custom metadata >>>>> can be stored in VApp. However in order retrieve username/password are >>>>> needed. >>>>> >>>>> I'v written to some blog post where they suggest to go via script as >>>>> Isuru is trying. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Touched, not typed. Erroneous words are a feature, not a typo. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Isuru Perera >>>>> Senior Software Engineer | WSO2, Inc. | http://wso2.com/ >>>>> Lean . Enterprise . Middleware >>>>> >>>>> about.me/chrishantha >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Isuru Perera >>>>> Senior Software Engineer | WSO2, Inc. | http://wso2.com/ >>>>> Lean . Enterprise . Middleware >>>>> >>>>> about.me/chrishantha >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Isuru Perera >>>> Senior Software Engineer | WSO2, Inc. | http://wso2.com/ >>>> Lean . Enterprise . Middleware >>>> >>>> about.me/chrishantha >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Isuru Perera >>> Senior Software Engineer | WSO2, Inc. | http://wso2.com/ >>> Lean . 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